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A timeline of @GregHuntMP's cruel crusade against #vaping
26.05.17 - House of Reps Health Committee Inquiry into E-cigarette commences.
16.10.17 - Hunt tells @triplejHack that vaping is “not
going to be happening under my watch”, undermining the inquiry.
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26.05.17 - House of Reps Health Committee Inquiry into E-cigarette commences.
16.10.17 - Hunt tells @triplejHack that vaping is “not
going to be happening under my watch”, undermining the inquiry.
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28.03.18 House of Reps Health Committee Inquiry into E-cigarettes completed and tabled in the House. A majority on the committee recommend the ban on vaping continue. The Chair is in the minority and presents a dissenting report in support of vaping.
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18.09.18 Hunt agrees to refer vaping to the ANU for further independent scientific review following a robust Partyroom discussion in support of legal vaping.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/18/vaping-inquiry-coalition-agrees-to-study-health-effects-of-e-cigarettes
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/18/vaping-inquiry-coalition-agrees-to-study-health-effects-of-e-cigarettes
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02.05.19 Despite referring the issue to the ANU, costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, Hunt recommits to the vaping ban at the 2019 Election Health debate at the National Press Club.
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Hunt states that vaping is: "not something that on my watch I'm willing to countenance. It is far more a case of being a ramp on, rather than a pathway off smoking. So no, that's not what I'm proposing, on my time, on my watch, so long as I'm in this role."
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31.08.19 In response to a question by @corybernardi, @SenatorCash (representing Minister Hunt in the Senate) advises that the ANU Review will not be completed until December 2020, will cost taxpayers $750,000.00 and has no specific terms of reference
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26.09.19 Hunt misleads the public on @abcmelbourne about vaping related deaths in the United States and about the ‘on-ramp’ argument to maintain his myopic opposition to vaping.
https://www.greghunt.com.au/abc-interview-with-jon-faine-3/
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https://www.greghunt.com.au/abc-interview-with-jon-faine-3/
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December 2019 Hunt writes to @JasonWood_MP requesting that the @AusBorderForce ‘crack down’ on nicotine imports.
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27.02.20 @Stirling_G's motion passes the Senate calling on Government to ban nicotine imports. The @AustralianLabor and the @Greens support the motion. Stirling Griff’s office tells angry vapers calling his office that he never drafted the motion, he simply ‘presented’ it.
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In the midst of the #COVID19 response, Hunt briefs a story to @Dana_Adele at @smh that he has ordered the @TGAgov to work with the @AusBorderForce to ‘crack down’ on nicotine imports. Such a crackdown both pre-empts the ANU Study, and undermines the Coalition Partyroom.
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